El Espectáculo
3 channels, 9:04 minutes, NTSC, 39.6 MB
El Espectáculo is a three-channel video using appropriated video footage from oft-videotaped celebrity trials and daytime talk shows. Excerpted celebrities and audience members from daytime talk shows make their entrance onto the video stage like marionettes continuously “performing” their gesture. Their angular repetitive gestures echo the choreography of military marches while referencing Busby Berkeley’s film extravaganzas. An original 5.1 soundtrack sampled and composed from musicals and news footage are synchronized with the movements of the characters suggesting a choreographed dance within the tableau.
